Board To Pay $1.4 Million For Land For Open Space

Orland Park — After two years of on-and-off negotiations, the Village Board agreed this week to pay $1.45 million for 43 acres of future park land just south of Centennial Park.

In the past, landowner James Gee had attempted to sell the property northwest of 159th Street and West Avenue to developers who have proposed estate homes, town homes, single-family homes and a retirement village. But each plan was rejected by the Village Board.